368 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From John Ettwein. 1788. February 16. Bethlehem. 



Presenting Franklin with a copy of the rules of their Society [for 

 Propagating the Gospel] ; their petition to the Pennsylvania Legislature 

 for incorporation ; recommends the Society and the Brethren's Church 

 to Franklin's favor and protection. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVI, 21. 



From Taillefert. 1788. February 18. Nantes. 



Account of a commercial transaction between himself and Pierre 

 Charles Peyroux, and of the latter's failure to carry out his part; 

 in 1785, M. Peyroux was at St. Louis, in the United States; desires 

 that he may be made accountable for the debt he owes to him. A. L. S. 

 4 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 22. 



From J[onathan] Williams, Jr. 1788. February 19. 



Concerning his affair with Mr. Thomas. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXVIII, 174. 



From John Anderson. 1788. February 20. Glasgow College. 



Forwarding Franklin his " Institutes of Physics," which may be of 

 use to some young lecturer in Philadelphia; sends with it Sir John 

 Dalrymple's "Memoirs," [of Great Britain and Ireland], volume two; 

 reviews this work. A. L. S. 4 p. XXXVI, 23. 



Fro?7i [Pere] Pagin. 1788. February 24. Paris. 



Recalls the pleasant hours spent together at Madame Brillon's, M. 

 and Mme. Le Veillard's and other friends. Reminds him of his promise 

 on behalf of his nephew, M. Milliet, to whom M. Dorhman owes a 

 considerable sum of money; encloses a memoir with an account of the 

 affair, also an open letter from his nephew to M. Dorhman. A. L. 

 S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 24. 



From John Bondfield. 1788. February 24. Bordeaux. 



Transmits the account. French politics; strenuous struggle by the 

 Parliaments to fix the prerogatives of the Crown ; refusal of the Bor- 

 deaux Parliament to hold their meetings in the small inland town 

 to which they have been ordered ; possibility of a great change in the 

 Constitutions of France. Commercial relations between France and 

 America. A. L. S. 3 p. XXXVI, 25. 



